CVE-2024-52879

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O kernel 5.2 before version 05.29.50, kernel 5.3 before version 05.38.50, kernel 5.4 before version 05.46.50, kernel 5.5 before version 05.54.50, kernel 5.6 before version 05.61.50, and kernel 5.7 before version 05.70.50. In VariableRuntimeDxe driver, SmmUpdateVariablePropertySmi () is a SMM callback function and it uses StrCmp () to compare variable names. This action may cause a buffer over-read.

References

https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/sa-2024016/

https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-05-15

Updated: 2025-05-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018